The Number Nobody Tells You
Workshop 2
A 90-minute virtual workshop on what your retired life actually costs – and what to do about it.
There is a number that most retirement planning never actually gives you.
Not how much you need in your pension pot. Not what the financial advisors call your “retirement number.” The real number. The one that answers the question: What does the life I actually want cost per month?
Most people have never calculated this. They have savings targets, investment plans, and pension projections – but no clear picture of what specific lifestyle those numbers are supposed to fund.
That is what this workshop fixes. Not with theory – with a calculation you do in the room, using your actual life as the input.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
This is not a financial planning session. It is a lifestyle costing exercise – and it produces a number that changes how you think about everything else.
THE LIFESTYLE COST AUDIT
You will map what your desired retired life actually costs – housing, travel, health, experiences, and the ordinary ongoing cost of a well-lived week. Not a fantasy budget. A real one.
THE FREEDOM NUMBER
Using your lifestyle cost, you will calculate your monthly Freedom Number – what your life costs to run – and begin to understand what that means for your transition timeline. This is the number that makes everything else make sense.
THE RETIREMENT RUNWAY
Retirement is not a cliff. It is a transition zone. You will leave with a clear picture of your runway – not a date, but a direction – and the first honest view of what you are actually working towards.
WHO THIS IS FOR
This workshop is for you if you are a Gen Xer between 45 and 65 who:
- Has savings and investments in some form, but no clear picture of what life they are funding
- Wants to understand the real cost of the life you want – not a generic projection
- Has been avoiding doing this calculation because you are not sure you want to know the answer
- Is ready to replace financial anxiety with financial clarity
This workshop does not cover investment strategy, tax planning, or pension advice. It covers the lifestyle side of financial preparation – the part that tells you what the money is actually for.
CHOOSE YOUR OPTIONS
Single Workshop
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$47
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โ Participant workbook
โ 48-hour replay access
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Full Series of 5
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$197
โ All 5 workshops
โ All 5 participant workbooks
โ 48-hour replay – every session
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ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR
| Antonia Varbanova is a Gen X Retirement Preparation Specialist and the founder of Connecting Fragments. She has lived across three continents and five countries, reinvented her career three times, and spent years observing – up close – what separates the people who thrive in retirement from the ones who drift through it. Her work is built on one foundational insight: financial preparation is necessary but not sufficient. The people who build genuinely good retirement years do the identity work, the purpose work, and the lifestyle design work before they get there – not after. The 5-Dimensional Retirement Plan workshop series exists to make that preparation structured, practical, and actually doable. |
FAQ
What platform is the workshop on?
Zoom. You will receive the link in your confirmation email. No account required – just click to join.
Do I need any special materials?
Just pen and paper, and ideally your printed workbook. We will send the workbook PDF with your confirmation email.
What if I miss a workshop I have paid for?
The 48-hour replay is available to all registered participants and is sent within an hour of the live session closing. If you purchased series access, your replay entitlement carries to every workshop in the series.
Do I have to attend all five workshops?
No. Each workshop is a standalone session. You can register for one or all five. That said, the five dimensions are interconnected – the full series produces a more complete picture than any single workshop on its own.
Is this a sales pitch for a bigger program?
No. The workshop is a standalone session with real, practical value regardless of what you do next. There is a brief, honest mention of the Gen X Retirement Protocol at the close – because it is the natural next step for people who want to go deeper – but there is no pressure and no pitch.
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